Baku, Azerbaijan, May 5
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The parliamentary and presidential election to be held in Turkey on June 24 this year is, one might say, of a fateful nature.
Before the announcement of the date of the parliamentary and presidential election in Turkey in February, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) created a political bloc called "People's Unity" (Cumhur Ittifakı), and on April 24, they were joined by the Great Unity Party (BBP).
All three parties signed a Protocol that the acting Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan will become the single presidential candidate from the "People's Unity" bloc.
The day before, all political parties officially nominated their candidates for the presidency.
A candidate from the newly created "Iyi Parti" was Meral Aksener, and from the "Saadet" party (SP) - Temel Karamollaoglu.
But the most unexpected was the candidacy of the People's Republican Party (CHP)- a 54-year-old MP Muharrem Ince.
The day before, Ince delivered a grandiose appeal to the people of Turkey and promised to do everything possible to gain votes.
Earlier, the leader of the CHP Kemal Kilicdaroglu stated that the CHP candidate will be the person who is moderate in his views and is familiar with the economy.
But given the identity of Ince, it can be stated that his candidacy is completely contrary to what was said by Kilicdaroglu. Undoubtedly, Ince has many advantages, he is very ambitious, communicative, has a good reputation in the ranks of the party. But he lacks popularity among the people.
"Ince has always been one of the most aggressive politicians in modern Turkey," local media wrote.
The question arises: why Kilicdaroglu nominated Ince? The answer to this question is inside the CHP itself.
The fact is that Kılıçdaroğlu knows that he can't be elected President of the country, and on this basis the candidacy of Ince had been nominated, which, in fact, may be an alternative to Kılıçdaroğlu in terms of leadership within CHP.
And if Ince will not be able to become president, which seems very likely, then all the responsibility for such failure falls on Kılıçdaroğlu. This strategy of Kılıçdaroğlu is wrong, because if Ince cannot become president, he will in any case further strengthen his position within the CHP.
It can be stated that with the nomination of Ince, Kilicdaroglu in some way recognized the fiasco of the CHP in the future presidential election.
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Rufiz Hafizoglu, Deputy editor-in-chief of Trend
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